Chair.



PATENTE JULY 2'1, 1908.

A. WANNER, JR. CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23,1905.

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CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Application filed. June 23, 1905. Serial No. 266,547.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WANNER, Jr., a citizen of the United States,and resident of Hoboken, Hudson county, New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Chairs, of which the following isa specification, accompanied by drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in chairs, and its objects are toso construct the chair that its parts are interchangeable and it iscapable of ready and accurate adjustment as one member of a series orrow of chairs to conform to different degrees of ourvature in theindividual row or different rows, and to compensate for irregular spacesbetween successive chairs in a iven row, thereby enabling the chairs tobe alined in accordance with the predetermined floor plan.

Another object of the invention is to simplify the construction ofchairs of this char acter and do away with unnecessary parts.

Further objects of the invention will hereinafter appear and to theseends the invention consists of a chair for carrying out the :1 aboveobjects embodying the features of construction, combinations of elementsand arrangement of parts having the general mode of operationsubstantially as hereinafter fully described and claimed in thisspecification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a chair embodying the invention partlyin section; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of a portion of the chair; Fig. 3is a horizontal sectional plan view in enlarged detail of one of theside standards on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionalview in enlarged detail taken through the parts of the joint shown inFig. 2 and on line 44 in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a top plan view in enlargeddetail of a modified form of side standard; Fig. 6 is a verticalsectional.

view of Fig. 5 on the line 6 6; Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail perspectiveview of the socket of the side standard shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings A represents the back supports which carry theback B and seat C, which in this instance is shown in the form of afolding seat supported from the brackets D suitably secured to the backsupports A by means of the sleeves E and set screws F. The sidestandards, to which may be connected the arms G, comprise the front legsH and the side struts I connecting the legs directly with the backsupports A and thus obviating the necessity of additional supports orlegs connected to the standards. By making the side struts I in the formshown with an approximately straight body portion and an inturned rearend the practical width of the seat is increased and the folding of theseat portion C on the bracket D is provided for. As shown, the legs Aand H are thrust through sleeves J and-K in the side struts I, andsuitably secured thereon by means of the set screws L and M. Byloosening the set screw L the front legs H may be laterally adjusted atanytime to practically widen the seat, the brackets D remainingstationary to support the seat independently of the side standards. Byloosening the set screws F the elevation of the seat C may be changed,as desired, as the seat is entirely independent of the side standards.According to this construction a very simple and strong chair isproduced which is cheap to manufacture. The parts may be knocked downand shipped in sections and different side standards may be applied tothe back supports as desired to make either a larger or smaller chair ora chair of different ornamentation. By connecting the legs H directly tothe back supports, additional strength is afforded and less material isrequired in the construction of the parts. Furthermore the chaircomprises but four legs as ordinary chairs instead of siX legs as wouldbe necessary if side standards were used having two legs instead of onlyone.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the side struts I areformed in sections. In this instance these struts being shown in theform of two sections, one of which is provided with a pin O and theother with a cooperating socket P. The pin and socket as shown in thisinstance taper downwardly so that in assembling the parts, the socket isapplied to the pin from beneath, and in order to aid in maintaining theparts securely together, a screw threaded stud Q is provided on the pinwhich projects through an aperture R in the bottom of the socket and anut S is applied to said stud. As shown, the pin 0 is carried by asleeve T through which the back support A is thrust, while the majorportion of the strut I is provided with a sleeve K as before, throughwhich the front leg is thrust.

This chair is particularly adapted for the end of a row of chairs in atheater, and it is also constructed in such manner that it may form apart of a row or series of chairs such as disclosed and claimed in theco-pen'ding application for a chair of Edwin P. Wanner, filed June 23rd1905, Serial No. 266,548 to which application I have permission torefer. In that application the row or series of chairs is constructed insuch manner as to be adjustable so that the distance between chairs maybe variedor the angle of the chairs in the row may be varied. In thoseinstances in which a single chair is used, it is preferably constructedin accordance with the present invention.

Obviously some features of this invention may be used without others andthe invention may be embodied in widely varying forms, therefore,without limiting the invenpendent floor bases the former set forward oftion to the devices shown and described, and without enumeratingequivalents, I claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent thefollowing: I

1. The combination of the back-support, the seat and the side standards,said side standards and back-support having indethe latter and each sidestandard comprising a strutformed with a sleeve at its rear endpivotally arranged on the adjoining back support and extending from saidsleeve first in a forwardly turning curve and then substantiallystraight, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the back support, the seat and the side standards,said side standards and back support having independent fioor bases theformer set forward of the latter and each side standard comprising astrut formed in two pieces having a pin and socket connection betweenthem and said strut also having a sleeve at its rear end pivotallyarranged on the adjoining back support and extending from said sleevefirst in a forwardly turning curve and then substantially straight,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrib ing witnesses.

ALBERT WANNER, JR. Witnesses I CHARLES L. FINK, WM. H. KUNTZ.

